Long-Distance Hearse

On the train where Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Gurkov was returning from a business trip, passenger Oleg Dymov caused a drunken uproar. Gurkov had to intervene and restore order. The conductor explained that such behavior was caused... by the grief that had befallen the passenger: in this same carriage, there was a coffin with the body of his deceased wife. In the morning, it became clear that Dymov had disappeared, and there were signs of a struggle and blood in his compartment. Realizing that a crime had occurred on the train, Gurkov contacts the police department at one of the stations along the way. This saves him from certain death: at the moment of his conversation with the duty officer in the carriage where Gurkov was traveling, an explosion occurs…

Nikolai Leonov, a former investigator of the MUR, knew firsthand how the most convoluted criminal cases are solved. The classic series "Black Cat" comprises more than 200 books, published in print runs of tens of millions of copies.